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Stirlingshire / Re: Rose Hall, Polmont - Stewarts?
« on: Tuesday 29 July 14 16:40 BST (UK) »
Just found this site. I actually lived in Rosehall in Polmont from 1947 to 1953 when I was 8. It was a very large house and we had rented space when we returned from Holland My father was Dutch and worked in the dockyard in Grangemouth. He helped the then owner with the garden and general maintenance. We became the owners when as I understand it the gentleman left it to us in his will, at least that rings a bell from thing I heard aged 3 or so.
It was a very large house and there was a large extension on the back which is now missing when we lived there there was also a loft above the kitchen. The garden was surrounded by a 6 foot stone wall and was my dads passion and he had it fully planted with fruit and vegetables. There were double gates and to the left of these was a double story barn, attached to this was a stable type building then another attached to that and finally a large lean to greenhouse. If you look on Google maps with Rosehall on your left and move towards Falkirk past the entrance to Rosehall Gardens at the end of that bungalows garden you will see a half moon stone wall, that was the extent of the property and I used to sit and fish off that onto what then was the main Edinburgh Glasgow road. What it is now is a travesty of what it was and should never have been allowed. If it had not been for my fathers work we would never have left. Hope you gain something from this.
Regards
Yvonne Tempest
It was a very large house and there was a large extension on the back which is now missing when we lived there there was also a loft above the kitchen. The garden was surrounded by a 6 foot stone wall and was my dads passion and he had it fully planted with fruit and vegetables. There were double gates and to the left of these was a double story barn, attached to this was a stable type building then another attached to that and finally a large lean to greenhouse. If you look on Google maps with Rosehall on your left and move towards Falkirk past the entrance to Rosehall Gardens at the end of that bungalows garden you will see a half moon stone wall, that was the extent of the property and I used to sit and fish off that onto what then was the main Edinburgh Glasgow road. What it is now is a travesty of what it was and should never have been allowed. If it had not been for my fathers work we would never have left. Hope you gain something from this.
Regards
Yvonne Tempest